Combined roller and ice skate.



c. R. BARR. COMBINED ROLLER AND ICE SKATE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE II' I915.

' INVENTQR WITNESSES ATTORNEYS CHARLES R. BARR, or PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA.

comnrnnn nouns. Ann'rcn SKATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 2t), 1916.

Application filed June 7, 1915. Serial No. 32,564.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Cnannns R. BARR, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and use ful Combined Roller and Ice Skate, of whichthe following is a specification.

My present invention consists of a novel construction of a combined iceand roller skate which may be readily converted from one type of a,skate to the other.

It further consists of a novel construc tion and arrangement of a baseplate adapt ed to receive an ice runner or blade or to receive therollers, said runner and rollers being keyed in a novel manner withrespect to the base plate.

Other novel features of construction and advantage will hereinafter moreclear-l .appear in the detailed description of my in vention.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention, I have shown herein atypical embodiment thereof which, in practice, will give satisfactoryand reliable results, although.

it is, of course, to be understood that the various instrumentalities ofwhich my invention consists may be variously arranged and organized andthat my invention is not limited to the precise arrangement andorganization of these instrumentalities as herein set forth.

Figure 1 represents a sectional elevation of a combined ice and rollerskate embodying my invention. Fig. EZ'repreSents a sectional elevationon line w-ad of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a sectional plan view on line3 of Fig. 4:. Fig. 4 represents a side elevation of the skate as thesame appears when provided with an ice runner. Fig. 5 represents asection on line 2-2 of Fig. 4, showing the blade in detached position.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings :1 designates a sectional baseplate or. footreceiving portion which is made in overlapping sections so that theparts may be readily adjusted with respect to each other, and saidsections are slotted or apertured to provide for the longitudinaladjustment. 2 designates a fastening device, a desired number of which Iemploy in order to fix the parts in their assembled position, one ofsaid fastening devices being adjustable.

Any desired means may be employed for 'skilled in this art.

securingthe base plate with respect to the shoe of the user, and l havetherefore illustrated the conventional type of fastening means, whichneeds no description to those The base plate 1 is provided at the heelportion with the downwardly deflected clip 3, the lower portions ofwhich, are substantially parallelly ar ranged and are adapt d to receivethe roller or blade supporting means. At the forward portion of the baseplate is secured a clip 4 which is constructed in a similar manner tothe clip 3 and connected to the base plate preferably by riveting thesame thereto.

5 designates a support, which is'secured within the clip 3 in anydesired manner and this support 5 is provided with a wedgeshaped slot,the side walls 'of which converge 7 toward the rear end of the skate.

7 designates a front support having a wedge-shaped keyway or slot 8which 18 adapted to receive a wedge-shaped key 9 carried by a block 10having the downwardly extending flanges 11 and 12, respectively, whichare apertured to receive a pin or rod'18.

14 designates a spring clip comprising a plate of spring metal havingthe ends thereof downwardly deflected and engaging the sides of acushion 15 of resilient material which is carried by the axle supportlngbracket 16. The bracket 16 has slots 17 opening through its upperportion in which the pin or rod 13 is located. The bracket 16 is formedfrom an integral piece of material which is bent around and connectedwith the axle 19 in any desired manner and 1s then bent upwardly at theends to form a chamber to receive the resilient cushion 15.

18 designates rollers which are preferably mounted in anti-frictiondevices'on the axis 19. The rear support 7 is constructed in. a similarmanner to the construction seen in Fig. 2,.except that the slot thereinpreferably has its side walls convergmg rearwai'dly, as seen in Fig. 3.The supports 7 and 5 are connected clips 4 and 3, respectively, by meansof fastening devices 20, (see Fig. 2). lhese fastoning devicespreferably extend into their respective supports, in order to contactwith the wedge-shaped key of the roller support to lock the same inadjusted position.

When it is desired to substitute a runner 0r blade for the. rollers, arunner 21 of novel with respect to the construction is employed, whichis provided at its rear end with a wedge-shaped key or tongue 22, theside walls of which are also converging and this convergence is towardthe end of the skate, so that the forward stroke will tend to wedge thekey or tongue 22' in the slot 6. The front portion of the runner 21 isprovided with a wedge-shaped key 23, the shape of which corresponds tothe shape of the key 9, so that it will slide into the keyway 8' and belocked in position by means of the fastening devices 20.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that I bar e devised aconvertible ice and roller skate which may be readily converted from onetype of a skate to the other by the user, and that I employ a simple andcompact construction which may be cheaply manufactured and which is notliable to get out of order or interfere with the skating operation.

It will now be apparent that I have devised a novel and useful combinedroller and ice skate, which embodies the features of. advantageenumerated as desirable in the ters Patent,- is

1. A convertible ice or roller. skate, comprising a sectional baseplate, means to secure said sections in their adjusted positions, saidsections each having a clip extending downwardly therefrom, a supportsecured within each clip and provided with a longitudinally extendingwedge-shaped slot, a tread member having keys engaged in said slots, andfastening devices passing laterally through said clips and supports andcontacting with said tread member.

2. A convertible ice or roller skate, comprising a sectional base plate,means to longitudinally adjust said sections, a downwardly extendingclip carried by the rear section, and having parallelly arranged walls,a support having a slot at its bottom and engaging said parallellyarranged walls, a second clip depending from the forward portion of saidbase plate and having parallelly arranged walls, a support engaging thewalls of said second clip and having a slot therein, a tread memberhaving means to engage said slots, andfastening devices engaging saidfirst clip and its support, and the means carried by the tread member.

3. A convertible ice or roller skate, comprising a base plate, having afront clip and a rear clip, a front support carried by the front clip, arear support carried by the rear clip, blocks having means to engagesaid support, a pin passing through each block, a bracket having slotsto receive said pin, a cushion carried by said bracket and locatedbeneath said pin, a spring passing over said pin and engaging saidcushion, an axle carried by said bracket, and rollers mounted on saidaxle.

CHARLES R. BARR. Witnesses:

C. D. MCVAY, N. Bussmona.

